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MIRACLE
OF MORGAN'S CREEK (1944) Preston Sturges' post-Production Code screwball
satire is nothing less than one of the greatest film comedies throughout the
known cosmos. Warm, wise and sly, this all-out assault on the strictures of the
censors springboards from a young maiden's blackout into the scandalous realm
of dubious marriages, unmiraculous pregnancies and miracle births - all
leavened with load of mirth. Betty Hutton and Eddie Bracken share center-stage
while Sturges mainstay William Demarest ably anchors the show while aided by an
astonishing assist from child prodigy Diana Lynn.
ANYTHING
GOES (1956) Bing Crosby returns to semi-familiar territory for his final film as
a Paramount player after an amazing 23 year-run for this new take on some old
hits. This version of Anything Goes jettisons the original's storyline while
maintaining its signature show tunes and showbiz subject matter. Bing is paired
up with a red-hot Donald O'Connor while Mitzi Gaynor and Jeanmarie provide the
distaff distraction in this tale of two agents who sign two different women up
for the same role.
BROTHER
SUN, SISTER MOON (1972) Franco Zeffirelli, fresh from the cross-over
success of Romeo and Juliet, tackles the transcendent and true tale of Francis
of Assisi's journey from soldier to saint. Lensed through a decidedly
post-Sixties prism, the flower power and Donovan score fade away for a truly
inspirational third act confrontation between Francis (Graham Faulkner) and
Pope Innocent III (Alec Guinness).
JONATHAN
LIVINGSTON SEAGULL (1973) Richard Bach's runaway inspirational bestseller
about a bird's spiritual journey to "perfect speed" and grace gets a
live-action adaptation courtesy of journeyman filmmaker Hall Bartlett (Zero
Hour). Combining voice-over work from a stellar vocal cast headed by James
Franciscus with truly stunning aerial photography from cinematographer Jack
Couffer, this seagull fable is as unconventional as its source material. Music
by Neil Diamond.
LIFEGUARD
(1976)
A pre-iconic Sam Elliot, mustache and all, toplines as the titular lifeguard in
this existential coming-of-identity tale. As his 15th High School reunion
beckons lifeguard Rick Carlson, he starts to question his choice of shore duty
over "adult" success. Although the milieu and the tropes indicate the
coming of the modern surf, sand, and sex movies (as well as a certain mammoth
syndicated TV hit twenty years later) the film is pure Seventies
cinematic introspection. Elliot's ease and gravitas are more than already
apparent as he almost singlehandedly carries the movie, and it's clear that his
sun was still rising higher. Parker Stevenson plays the young
tyro lifeguard learning the ropes, while Ann Archer and Kathleen Quinlan are
the sirens calling to Rick from the two sides of his life.
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